Exploring Family Relations between International Patent Applications
In the international system for granting patents for inventions, first patent filings can be followed by subsequent filings at other patent offices within one year. Each such group of related filings constitutes a patent family. Tests are developed as to whether the observed number of first filings...
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Biomath Forum
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Biomath |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biomathforum.org/biomath/index.php/biomath/article/view/5 |